Brainworx Introduces VSC-2 Quad Discrete VCA Compressor Plugin

German audio plugin innovators Brainworx has just released its latest product, the VSC-2 Quad Discrete Compressor.

The Brainworx VSC-2 is based on the $6,000 original from Vertigo Sound.

Compatible with RTAS, AS, VST and AU formats, VSC-2 is the first plugin release from the high-end analog boutique Vertigo Sound, and is designed to captures all the nuances of their $6,000 flagship VCA compressor.

List price is $331, although a variety of special offers are available via the Brainworx Website now through November 30.

According to Brainworx, the hardware VSC-2 Quad Discrete Compressor is so named due to the fact that it uses 4 hand-built VCAs using only discrete components, with a design that pays tribute to the best VCA-based compressors of the ’70s and ’80s. Its classic sound is combined with a modern mastering grade signal path, with innovations such as the ratio which increases with level in “Soft” mode.

Its precision makes the VSC-2 suitable for mastering applications and the stereo mix bus. Although the VSC-2 was developed as a Stereo Bus Compressor, each channel provides a complete set of controls which also makes the VSC-2 a dual mono compressor for recording and mix situations.

The VSC-2 plugin offers the same flexibility and precision in the stereo version. To emulate the dual mono approach of the hardware Brainworx has also developed a true mono version of the plugin.

Check out a detailed video right here, and visit the Brainworx Website for a free 14-day demo.

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